How do you clean your greasy loader pivots?

   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #22  
My big TLB has the loader to frame pins right in front of the steps into the cab. Getting in or out either side often gets me smudged. Or especially opening the hood or doing anything forward under the hood. Same for the cylinder pins below.

I give all the pins a squirt of gunk engine cleaner and let it work. Repeat. Then pressure wash. I don't like a thick buildup because when I grease the pin connections I want to see how the grease distributes.
 
   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #23  
I have two, very separated forms of clothing. There is the good stuff, and there is the work stuff. The work stuff is all second hand: Nearly free and completely, one off, if need be.. :) I don't think I've ever, even attempted to recover clothing, after working cement. :) And some times, if working on the tractor, these second hand clothes do become one offs. Hell, its only $3 for the shirt and pants.
 
   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #24  
I have two, very separated forms of clothing. There is the good stuff, and there is the work stuff. The work stuff is all second hand: Nearly free and completely, one off, if need be.. :) I don't think I've ever, even attempted to recover clothing, after working cement. :) And some times, if working on the tractor, these second hand clothes do become one offs. Hell, its only $3 for the shirt and pants.
Yup. The next day some of my clothes become shop towels.

There was a time when I wore oxford white shirts and a jacket. I now use those for work clothes and have gotten some strange looks from a neighbors. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with ties though. Some of them have come back into style and gone again.
 
   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #25  
Shawn TW, you and your little Fergy are a glowing testament to the quality and durability of current production Massey Fergusons,
Yes! Fergie just hit 500.0 hours! I bought her 10/31/2023, and on 10/31/2024 she had a whopping 421.0 hours! This year has been slower so far as I had her taken apart for many "winter modifications", and then was delayed by shoulder surgery (me, not her), weather, laziness, etc.
 
   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #27  
Cleaning? Denatured alcohol. Buy it in 1-gallon cans and load into spray bottles. It removes anything "greasy" and is way, way cheaper than brake cleaner.

used that in a gauge shop where .00005 tolerances were the norm. went through gallons of that stuff in 17 years I was there. Definitely a degreaser and cleaner
 
   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #29  
I use my shirt to clean the top rear pin area on the left loader arm.

For all the rest of the greased locations, I don't like giant globs of grease that build up over time (my greasing method is three pumps or when I see grease coming out, whichever comes first). The globs can fall off in the barn, where my floor is asphalt paving, which grease can make deteriorate. So, I usually do a bit of cleaning right after greasing outdoors. I often cut a heavy cable tie and use it like a narrow popsicle stick. I don't want to get all the grease, just what looks like it could fall. I do NOT like the idea of forceful spraying of cleaners around pins, especially water based cleaners. I do keep a plunger can stocked with a light mineral naptha (a distillate with properties similar to kerosene but without the stink of kerosene). It's similar to paint thinner or mineral spirits. Unfortunately all these petroleum terms get used somewhat flexibly and interchangeably. I stock those red shop towels in a plastic bin with hinged lid, and occasionally use it to get what my shirt missed in more open areas, but not down near the pin.
 
   / How do you clean your greasy loader pivots? #30  
I finally found one of these for a solvent mist with compressed air:

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